MORE THAN £3,600 has been raised in aid of the Nightingale House Hospice in memory of a dedicated Denbighshire fundraiser who died recently.

Rose Hislop, who died on April 4, has previously raised more than £10,000 for the Wrexham-based hospice in memory of her son Tom Scrivner who died aged 30 following a battle with bowel cancer ten years ago.

Mrs Hislop, who was from Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, also collected £8,000 for Bowel Cancer UK charity in memory of Tom, as well as running in the ‘Race For Life’ in his honour for eight consecutive years.

Now, the tradition of fundraising is continuing in the family with her husband Dave and daughter Emily Boucekkine, so far raising £3,667 (correct at time of writing) for Nightingale House through a fundraising page.

Emily, from Ruthin, said: “Unfortunately, a part of my mum was irrevocably lost after Tom passed away. One way she tried to cope was to keep his memory alive and this was in part done by tirelessly organising fundraising events in his memory with proceeds to Nightingale house hospice.

“She set up a Tribute Fund in Tom’s memory and over the last ten years, she raised over £10,000. Tom’s Tribute Fund meant so much to her. Since she passed away, this tribute fund is now also in her name - The Rose Hislop and Tom Scrivner Tribute Fund.

“At her funeral, we asked for donations to this Tribute Fund and thanks to people’s huge generosity, £620 was raised, from only 30 people that were allowed to attend (due to covid regulations)!

“Losing Rose leaves another huge hole in our family. By setting up this just giving page, we are hoping to take the tribute fund total to more than £13,000.”

Since moving to Wales in the early 1980’s, Mrs Hislop dedicated her life to community service of one sort or another.

She began her work running Llandegla Youth Club, where she guided a team of youngsters to local disco dancing success.

She then met and soon married Dave, the man who was to be her devoted husband for the next 35 years and became stepfather to her two children, Gareth and Tom.

She then began working for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme. In this role, she was awarded the Youth work in Wales Award of Excellence for her work with young people with disabilities.

Mrs Hislop worked for over 25 years for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and 35 years in all locally.

After her retirement from Youth Work, she immediately applied her skills and drive to setting up the Ruthin branch of the U3A.

Her family say that she had many passions in her life but ‘above all else’ she adored her husband Dave, her children Gareth, Tom and Emily and her grandchildren Sophie, Poppy, Ewan, Joey and Maisey.

To donate to the cause, visit: www.justgiving.com/fundraising/rose-and-tom